Who Will Be the Next Treasury Secretary?

Who will be the next Treasury Secretary? The debate and speculation continues.

Two weeks ago we ran a poll on the likely contenders. Readers slightly favored Timothy Geithner, president of the New York Federal Reserve over Paul Volcker, the Federal Reserve chairman who steered the nation out of its 1970s economic quagmire.

Nevertheless, other economic names — Jon Corzine (the governor of New Jersey and a former Goldman Sachs executive), Larry Summers (who spent some controversial time as president of Harvard) and Robert Rubin (also a former Goldman executive, currently a director at Citigroup), and Sheila Bair (FDIC Chairman) — got some reader support as well.

And there were some great write-ins as well (Warren Buffett, Wilbur Ross, and a slew of Jim Cramer fans).

We thought we'd take the Treasury Secretary temperature again to see if the last couple of tumultuous weeks have changed readers' attitude.

So tell us ... who should be the next Treasury Secretary?

Hugh McColl who led NCNB, Nations Bank and Bank of America would be my choice. — Brenda

I think Forbes or Romney would be great. — Dave

Bill Gates, Paul Allen, or Warren Buffet are my choices. — ARod

Anyone other than ex-Goldman , ex-JP or ex-WallSt. They may be good but been an ex-WallSt brings in some bias in ther decision making. — Adwait

The best choice for Treasury Secretary would be either Ron Paul or Peter Schiff! — Laura

Paul Krugman should be at the top of this list. The Nobel Laureate has an understanding of the need for a strong fiscal response to this crisis. — Justin

Timothy Geithner has the credentials and the market know how to do the job. — Joe

I think Bill Gross from Pimco understands the urgency of the situation and would consider it at this point. — Teresa

Volcker is the obvious choice to handle this crisis. Paulson has been too short sighted. — Nancy

Ron Paul. He understands financial matters more than anyone else in DC and predicted this crisis back in 2003. — Subir

Obama has to persuade Paulson to stay, you can't replace the surgeon in the middle of the operation. — Raghuveer

Obama's best choice would be Paulson. He and his staff together with Bernanke are dealing with the problem as well as anyone Obama would pick. — Hal

Definitely someone "outside" of Washington D.C., a non-politician, either Jim Cramer or Warren Buffet!! — John

Robert Rubin would be the best based on his past record. — Donald

Larry Summers is best qualified for the post of Treasury Secretary. He is experienced, well educated and capable to handle this tough job. — Anup

Ron Paul is the perfect canidate. Not only is he an outsider in the GOP he has been right about the market from the start. — Andy